This Modified Transport Plane May Be The Deadliest Weapons Platform On The Planethttp://www.businessinsider.com/ac-130-spectre-gunship-owns-night-with-close-air-support-2013-2/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:08:43 -0500Paul Szoldra and Robert Johnsonhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5114f5e0eab8ea9332000024thenemo1Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:56:00 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5114f5e0eab8ea9332000024
Don't stop for a smoke or you'll get smoked with one of these monsters.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5114694e69bedd3d6c000005Vanessa Maria LandmannThu, 07 Feb 2013 21:56:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5114694e69bedd3d6c000005
Wow. This is just amazing. I apply for pilot.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5112a730eab8ea142400000bpatriot4928Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:55:44 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5112a730eab8ea142400000b
I wish BI would quit it already with the military porn. Americans DO NOT need any more encouragement, the whole world is already scared to death of their global killing machine, 900 bases in 140 countries, pre-crime murder missiles flying everywhere, nut jobs blasting dozens of schoolkids away with machine guns...what a scary country. John Lennon said "give peace a chance" but you can't when the biggest economy on Earth is completely reliant on Permanent War.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511289e9eab8ea925c00001aMANOLISWed, 06 Feb 2013 11:50:49 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511289e9eab8ea925c00001a
..Here s an interesting story about the 40mm M2A1 guns of the AC-130...
<a href="http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123331925" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123331925</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5112873aeab8ea385700000cGenPatton43Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:39:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5112873aeab8ea385700000c
And Libya.
Its also only used during night operations. Its been that way since 1991 when an AC-130 was shot down by a shoulder fired SAM during the Battle of Khafji. The crew were providing CAS to a group of Marines and SF Troops who were hiding in the town itself and it was supposed to leave before the sun came up but they chose not too and in turn were shot as a result.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511285e46bb3f7376800000dGenPatton43Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:33:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511285e46bb3f7376800000d
You don't use nukes for close air support. Try reading slower next time.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511273b5ecad04955b000007chris1Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:16:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511273b5ecad04955b000007
A totally broke USA gives the military industrial all it wants UNTIL the crashhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/511270ca6bb3f70343000009HumanWed, 06 Feb 2013 10:03:38 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511270ca6bb3f70343000009
Or exactly on coalition troops!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51126bb06bb3f7583c000001ObonzoWed, 06 Feb 2013 09:41:52 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51126bb06bb3f7583c000001
And it has propellers, just like in WWIIhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/51125758eab8eaac64000029morphyWed, 06 Feb 2013 08:15:04 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51125758eab8eaac64000029
No. Trident Sub is far and away most loaded platformhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/51124ec6ecad04bd1300000abuck sergeantWed, 06 Feb 2013 07:38:30 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51124ec6ecad04bd1300000a
The 105mm howitzer cannon sits on a computer controlled hydraulic platform and drives the aircraft out of it's negative 26 degree bank orbit every time it's fired. The autopilot then puts it back into proper orbit. There's also at 50mm rapid fire cannon and two 20mm gatling guns. Those 20mm are very devastating . I troubleshot and repaired the computer system that aimed these weapons back in the '70s during my 6yrs in the Air Force. It's highly effective and is why it's still flying today. The AC130-H Spectre Gunship does require close air support though and is deployed where the AF has control over the airspace.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51122ffb6bb3f7534800000bHarrison BrookWed, 06 Feb 2013 05:27:07 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51122ffb6bb3f7534800000b
Yes, the C-130 has held its own against the Taliban Air Force. Stringbags were effective against the Bismarck because its guns couldn't elevate low enough to hit them. In a real shooting war the C-130 will need an edge like that.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51122e7a69bedddb7900000fHarrison BrookWed, 06 Feb 2013 05:20:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51122e7a69bedddb7900000f
Hint: Always include the words stunning or awesome in the title.
Charts, lists and graphs are always good.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111aab8ecad048a6100000bJus7tmeTue, 05 Feb 2013 19:58:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111aab8ecad048a6100000b
I hate how "into it" people get with the weapon p@rn. Think about how many innocent people have died in Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan from these useless weapons.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511197baeab8ea674a00000fgoldenretrieverTue, 05 Feb 2013 18:37:30 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511197baeab8ea674a00000f
Modern day equivalent of the "Puff the Magic Dragon" gunships of Viet Nam War era.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51118e3b69bedd6f75000016yeahTue, 05 Feb 2013 17:56:59 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51118e3b69bedd6f75000016
Definitely my favorite aircraft!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511188f7ecad042220000026Great for Border Patrol DutyTue, 05 Feb 2013 17:34:31 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511188f7ecad042220000026
These would be perfect along the U.S. -- Mexico border.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511187eaeab8ea8a28000010Go talk to them would youTue, 05 Feb 2013 17:30:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511187eaeab8ea8a28000010
O.K. then go and talk" with all the bad guys in the world will you and get it all straightened out so there's no more need for armies and weapons systems.
You might start in Chicago ---there must be quite a war going on there given the body count year after year. Making contact is easy enough --just hang out on any street corner and they'll find you.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51117317eab8ead875000018Order of BattleTue, 05 Feb 2013 16:01:11 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51117317eab8ead875000018
Except, Jack - you're ignoring basic tactics. Do you think you're the only person to ever look at an AC-130, think its a bit a slow and a big fat target, and decide it can't function in unsecured airspace? No? The first step in any armed conflict is to establish air superiority or supremacy. Then, later, you let the ground guys walk in, supported by close air support assets like the Spectre. It doesn't operate in unsecured airspace; the threat they are designed to defeat are more around the MANPAD variety, not a full bore anti-aircraft missle designed to take down incoming bombers. So, granted, it can't operate in the teeth of a fully functioning IADS. But one that's been degraded, supressed, and destroyed? Sure.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111721fecad043877000016Paul SzoldraTue, 05 Feb 2013 15:57:03 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111721fecad043877000016
You're welcome.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511170206bb3f78462000008DMZTue, 05 Feb 2013 15:48:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511170206bb3f78462000008
Got it-thnxhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/51116f6aecad049a72000013Jack BurtonTue, 05 Feb 2013 15:45:30 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51116f6aecad049a72000013
I wonder how well it performs in an environment where Russian S-300 and S-400 mobile anti aircraft systems operate. Perhaps Georgia will try to use on of these that NATO will give them to invade South Ossetia again. I give this plane 5 minutes over the battle field before it is knocked out of the sky. It is an awesome weapons platform so long as it fight ill equipped men on the ground with only AK-47 and RPGs. If you are going to fight a really military, leave this baby at home!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51116e37ecad04306e00000eCrismo_99Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:40:23 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51116e37ecad04306e00000e
Obama won't need drones to kill American citizens when he has this at his disposal.
This weapons platform is every dictator’s dream.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51116d05eab8eac368000011Fed up with warTue, 05 Feb 2013 15:35:17 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51116d05eab8eac368000011
Bloody murderers - the world doesn't need this shit.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51116c92eab8eaf66a000009Paul SzoldraTue, 05 Feb 2013 15:33:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51116c92eab8eaf66a000009
The Howitzer is set on rollers which run on a small track fixed to the aircraft’s superstructure.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111681beab8ea6a5b000028newworldorderTue, 05 Feb 2013 15:14:19 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111681beab8ea6a5b000028
Go with max altitudehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111669fecad04266300000cOMGTue, 05 Feb 2013 15:07:59 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111669fecad04266300000c
Probably should change the title as well for the same reason. There are a lot deadlier weapons platforms... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile_submarine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile_submarine</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511165a969beddef0f000005DMZTue, 05 Feb 2013 15:03:53 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511165a969beddef0f000005
would like to know how the recoil from the 105 is absorbed; when a tank fires its 105, the recoil lifts the tank off the ground (I was gunner on an M 60 tank, so I have some experience); so, what happens to an aircraft that fires a 105?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111638decad04e15c000001Paul SzoldraTue, 05 Feb 2013 14:54:53 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111638decad04e15c000001
The AC-130 has been used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111635269bedd3a0a000003Paul SzoldraTue, 05 Feb 2013 14:53:54 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111635269bedd3a0a000003
Thanks for the "hint". I've updated the post to indicate its devastating effect for close air support. Surely, we can agree on that one.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511160f2eab8ea9a4d000014Duong NguyenTue, 05 Feb 2013 14:43:46 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511160f2eab8ea9a4d000014
It's all nice and good until a 5th generation SAM locks onto you and all those flares will just put on a nice fireworks show.. Might kick a@@ against some 3rd world country but in any modern conflict it would be a sitting duck.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51115cfdecad04884f00000bOMGTue, 05 Feb 2013 14:26:53 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51115cfdecad04884f00000b
"The AC-130 gunship is just a modified C-130 cargo plane, but there is no more devastating array of firepower plying the skies anywhere in the world."
How about a bomber with a nuke? Think that's be a little bit more "devastating" than a gun with a big bullet? Little hint, if you want to ever be taken seriously as a "news organization" you're going to have to stop trying to get clicks by any means unless you want to do it ala national enquirer.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51115cb4eab8ea474200001cHarrison BrookTue, 05 Feb 2013 14:25:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51115cb4eab8ea474200001c
Probably the only worse aircraft to be in flying into a hot LZ is the V-22 Osprey Amazing what pork barrel politics csan build.
I believe they are buying some new C-130J based gunships with slightly different armament.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511156d569bedd4068000009newworldorderTue, 05 Feb 2013 14:00:37 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/511156d569bedd4068000009
This is a model for your newest manned fighter plane.
Utilize human crew including onboard maintenance and focus on a role as airmobile missile platform.
A 747 air freighter would be much better
These things are terrible rattlecans, jackhammers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111561fecad041b4000001dJTehHTue, 05 Feb 2013 13:57:35 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5111561fecad041b4000001d
Sure, it is a big-azz prop plane. But name the last conflict where there were serious air-to-air threats?
In Iraq these things were really ONLY on station after dark and were surprisingly quiet (seemed much quieter than the normal C-130s that buzzed around all day). They stayed at a pretty high altitude and you wouldn't really see them until they started unloading on the target. Then it was a real show.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51114c1beab8eaea1f000002robtTue, 05 Feb 2013 13:14:51 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51114c1beab8eaea1f000002
Deadly yes. But only after the skies have been cleared of anything resembling enemy aircraft. Otherwise it'd be a sitting duck.